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@nitro gieten atrut @filtrer JAMES .l LYONS, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO LYONS FEAT-COAL AND MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK CITY.

i Letters atent No. 73,616, dated January 21, 1868.

lIIIBROWD MACHINE FOB. MOULDING PEA'I.

TO ALL WHOM I'I' MAY CONCERN:

Be it knoun that I, JAMESB. LYONS, of the city und county of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Peat-Moulding Machines; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in u'hieh-- Figure 1 represents a section through u side elevation ofthe machine.

Figure 2 shows a plan or top view of the same.

The object of my invention is to save manual labor in the preparation and manufacture of peatt`uel; and consists in the construction and arrangement of the hopper and apparatus for forcing the muss out of the apertures and delivering it on racks for drying. Also, in the appuratus for marking of? the peat in suitable lengths and indenting it as it is delivered on the racks from the apertures of the moulding-machine, so that it can be easily parted in blocks or plugs at the ndentations.

To enable others te multe and use my invention, I will describe it more fully, referring to 'the drawings, and to the letters marked thereon.

I make n. frauie of timber or of iron, ot` suitable width and length, the side pieces A A being plueed on un incline, en which are supported a series of' rollers, a a a a, they havingjournals, whose bearings nre secured at suitable distances upart on the incline' bars A A. These rollers ure for the purpose of supporting and convey ing racks B B under the hopper O to receive the doughey muss of peat as it is forced out through a Series of' apertures, c e e c, in the lou'er side of the bot-torn of thehopper O, the apparatus for forcing out being a revolving snnildvng:r wiper, I), operating inside oi the hopper intend against the apertures c e e e, so that a een tinuous round :nas-s of peut is being delivered in longitudinal rolls on the racks B Bl In front of the apertures ae c c, at any desired distance from their mouths, I pince a revolving nmrher, E, it having four, more or less, eurve-notehed cuttingbludes, e e c e, which beingseeured to 'a movable frame, It", and held down by a spring, murlis or indents the relis of peat as they are delivered on the raelis B, so that they are easily broken into uniform pieces for use after they have been dried on the racks, which are carried ott, as they are filled, and placed in a suitable place for drying. A

Any number of the racks B may be used, as they are placed ou the rollers a a nt the elevated end of the machine, and are carried under the hopper by their own gravity, und the peut being delivered onthem carries them through, so that they are taken oli'at the lower end, or conveyed to any distance by an endless belt, thus saving a vast amount of manual labor. l'

What I claim as my invention, und desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. Delivering the peat in rolls or bars on the drying-reeks, for the purposes set forth.

2. I claim the revolving marker E, with its blades e e e e, as arranged, in combination nit-h the deliveringmechanism and drying-ruche, substantially as herein described, `for `the purpose described.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe Luy name in the prese-nee of JAMES B. LYONS.

Witnesses:

Luzon B. MORRIS, Jenn H. Wenen'. 

